homicide
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The captain of an oil tanker that collided with a cargo ship which sank off Istanbul leaving 10 missing has been arrested along with his third-in-command on charges of negligent homicide, prosecutors said Friday.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The families said they had "deep concerns about how early release may apply in homicide".
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The following year, Riverside County cold-case homicide investigators paid Jesperson a visit at the Oregon State Penitentiary to interview him about “Claudia” in hopes of generating new leads.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
A former Las Vegas homicide detective told the jury earlier this week that no witnesses had been able to identify the shooter.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
And because the death penalty is rarely given for crimes other than homicide, its deterrent effect cannot account for a speck of decline in other violent crimes.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
The number of homicides in the country of 34 million has risen markedly since 2018, while international drug trafficking networks continue to operate on its territory.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
They shook up the format for the second, focusing on homicides, but have returned to a missing persons case.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
President Claudia Sheinbaum has credited her administration’s efforts with reducing homicides by almost 50% in less than two years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026
None of the agencies I contacted for this story replied to my inquiries about the status of the investigations—which, as with all unsolved homicides, officially remain open.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
Two years later, in June 2012, we won a constitutional ban on mandatory life-without-parole sentences imposed on children convicted of homicides.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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